Welcome to Looking Up
The name of this blog is taken from Luke 21:28 where Jesus says: “Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.”
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Spiritual Authority & Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Ever since reading about Dietrich Bonhoeffer, there’s been one aspect of his life and service to the Lord that’s bothered me. We know Bonhoeffer best through his book The Cost of Discipleship. It’s here where Bonhoeffer discusses the price that must be paid to serve God in challenging and difficult times. And how hard that…
Read moreProphecy Update: What’s Next?
Two major events happened recently which appear to have significant prophetic implications. In this essay, I want to suggest the possible ramifications flowing from these events. Of course the caveat applies that the author has no special revelations from God, only the speculative imagination that comes from being a fiction author. Event Number One is…
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“Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.”
(Galatians 1:10)